#38C851#38C851

#38C851 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.201 H 145.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C851
RGB	rgb(56, 200, 81)
HSL	hsl(130, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(130, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 59.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -61.62, 47.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 78.03, 142.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.1662 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.201 145.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7687, 42.7407, 14.7801)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C851 #C838AF

analogous

#67C838 #38C851 #38C899

triadic

#38C851 #5138C8 #C85138

tetradic

#38C851 #3867C8 #C838AF #C89938

square

#38C851 #3867C8 #C838AF #C89938

split-complementary

#38C851 #9938C8 #C83867

monochromatic

#1D692A #2A993D #38C851 #68D57B #98E3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#38C851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#38C851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C851

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C851	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 200, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.201 145.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83da86',
    500: '#38c851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c851;
$custom-light: #83da86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 130.417,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73278,
    "c": 0.20093,
    "h": 145.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C851

secondary

#CE8EC3

accent

#48C6E0

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0C150B

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C851

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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